This critically endangered animal, known for its long, thin snout with a bulbous growth at the end, split off from other crocodilian species 40 million years ago.

Learn about three species facing extinction due to an alarming decline in their populations and the unique reasons for that ...

Analyzing a leg bone from a fossil site in Colombia, scientists have identified a massive “terror bird” that lived about 12 ...

The bone, described two decades after its discovery, suggests the species might have grown up to 20 percent bigger than other ...

The fossilized leg bone of a giant “terror bird” discovered in Colombia provides new insights into ancient South American ...

Fossil of an extinct Phorusrhacid "terror bird" in the Tatacoa Desert reveals insights into ancient predators and ecosystems.

Paleontologists have made a fascinating discovery in New York State: fossil remains of an ancient species of arthropod that ...

Ancient “gold” bug fossils, infused with pyrite, have been identified as a new species of arthropod by a team of researchers.

The bird’s familiar image may suggest that it was well known to science before it went extinct. However, this isn’t the case. “At the time of its discovery, no one was really very interested in the ...

Meet Hawaii's 'jewels of the forest' — some of the rarest animals on Earth When Hurricane ... “Most people, when they think endangered species going extinct, they think of pandas and tigers ...

We can study animals from all over the world thanks to science, but what about those that no longer exist? The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story.